Is CCDC39 c.90+17C>G pathogenic?

CCDC39 c.90+17C>G is classified Likely benign in CCDC39 (ClinVar, Single submitter, 1 submitter; last evaluated 2023-02-23). Very rare (popmax 0.000341%, nfe); Associated with primary ciliary dyskinesia.

What condition is associated with CCDC39 c.90+17C>G?

CCDC39 c.90+17C>G is associated with primary ciliary dyskinesia (ClinVar).

How common is CCDC39 c.90+17C>G in the general population?

CCDC39 c.90+17C>G is very rare (popmax 0.000341%, nfe) (gnomAD).

How is Primary ciliary dyskinesia inherited?

Typically Autosomal dominant, Autosomal recessive (Orphanet). A genetic counselor can assess individual risk for a family.

CCDC39 c.90+17C>G

rs778294268 · VCV3011715

Likely benign Single submitter

Classification

Likely benign

ClinVar

Review

Single submitter ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 1 submitter

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

very rare (popmax 0.000341%, nfe)

Conditions

primary ciliary dyskinesia

Computational evidence

Protein change
Missense predictors do not apply to this variant type; conservation carries the signal.
Splicing
Splice region	donor +17	near-intronic (+17 nt from the splice site)
SpliceAI	—	not assessed · no allele here is in the release
Constraint at this position
Conservation	phyloP -0.94	GERP -2.1
Non-coding constraint	Z 4.05	1 kb window · o/e 0.76 · regional · uncalibrated
Overall
CADD	1.155	PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree

Population frequency

gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes

Grpmax group 0.000341% European (non-Finnish) · 4/1,173,504 alleles

Filtering AF 8e-05% ClinGen BA1/BS1 input FAF95, joint · FAF99 5.4e-05%

Overall 0.000275% 4/1,454,694 alleles · very rare

Rarity supports pathogenicity (ACMG PM2); frequency above a disease-specific BA1/BS1 threshold argues against it. A variant frequent in one ancestry group can be near-absent in others, so a single global figure can mislead.

Variant & gene context

Gene: CCDC39
Coding: c.90+17C>G
MANE Select: NM_181426
dbSNP: rs778294268
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr3:180679274 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 1.226 · pLI <0.01 · ClinGen HI gene assoc. with recessive phenotype (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 79.23 · 1 PDB

Full CCDC39 gene report on Sugi Atlas → Gene function, pathways, protein structure, interactions & more

Disease context

primary ciliary dyskinesia — disease report on Sugi Atlas → Associated genes, phenotypes, clinical trials & treatments

For Primary ciliary dyskinesia (Orphanet):

Inheritance: Autosomal dominant, Autosomal recessive, X-linked recessive
Onset: Neonatal
Prevalence: 1-5 / 10 000 (Pakistan)

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CCDC39 c.610-2A>G Pathogenic ★★ same condition

Built on 18 open, versioned datasets — ClinVar, gnomAD, AlphaMissense, REVEL, ClinGen & more — plus Sugi Variant's own cross-source analysis. Source data 2026-01–2026-10, ClinVar 2026-10. Full sources & versions →

Cite Sugi Variant

Gür T. Sugi Variant: A Deterministic Per-Variant Germline Reference from a Knowledge Graph for Humans and AI Agents. 2026. doi:10.5281/zenodo.21509445. This variant: https://sugi.bio/variant/ccdc39-c-90-plus-17c-g (accessed [today's date]).

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